During the Cuban missile crisis, the US was very close to commencing air strikes and an amphibious assault on Cuba to remove the missiles by force. US planners

During the Cuban missile crisis, the US was very close to commencing air strikes and an amphibious assault on Cuba to remove the missiles by force. US planners we unaware of the short-range tactical nuclear weapons available in Cuba, or that control of those weapons was largely in the hands of local Soviet commanders. It is hard to envision a scenario in which an invasion of Cuba would not result in the use of those short-range weapons against landing areas and Guantanamo Bay.